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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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